The Crew Letter
09/12/2009 11:32 PM
I don’t condone the crew letter to Megan. And I don’t condone Megan’s outlandish quotes. But her crazy quips are part of her crazy charm. The fact of the matter I still love working with her, and I know we still get along. I even expect more crazy quotes from her on Transformers 3.
Michael

44 Comments

I have to say that I believe Bay’s statement. He’s decided to write Transformers 3 all by himself, he let me have a peek at his work so far, and I have to say that Megan Fox’s character certainly has a lot to do. There are scenes of her washing Bay’s fleet of cars, shoveling the snow from the driveway of his ski lodge, cleaning the toilets at a biker bar (to be shot on location), and wrapping up with a finale of her giving an elephant with diarrhea a prostate exam.

I’m not sure what connection these scenes have with shape changing robots, but I’m sure Bay knows what he’s doing.

;)

Canterbury Fails • on Sep 13, 2009 4:01 pm

Many men worship Megan Fox. I am one of them, Bay is another. I’m just glad she’s coming back for Transformers 3, she’s the only thing that makes those films bearable.

Jonathan • on Sep 13, 2009 4:20 pm

Ehh, he’s being to nice on Megan. It’s about time someone bitch slapped her. It seems like she’s got this stuck up attitude and she should really give Michael Bay more credit. She went from being a small movie star to something huge.

HB • on Sep 13, 2009 4:57 pm

That’s true because Michael could have hired a million other girls to play that role in Transformers.

Let’s have a little gratitude Megan.

redmenace • on Sep 15, 2009 12:05 pm

Give me a fucking break.It’s not like Bay personally picked Megan Fox for the role.Megan Fox got the role because some casting agent thought she was the hottest of the Bimbos that audition.Bay deserve zero credit for Megan Fox career, but he deserve all the blame for the idiotic mess of franchised which is Transformer.

Anonymous • on Jan 17, 2010 2:21 pm

DUDE!!!!!!!He is the director. He could’ve said no and went on to have the casting ladies find another girl like HB said. He had complete controle over who gets on his big action movie. So how bout you give me a fucking break.

Casey • on Sep 13, 2009 4:21 pm

Transformers 3? Two was enough.

GreenZone • on Sep 13, 2009 4:26 pm

Boy the movie made $400 mil domestic only like six or seven movies have done that: can’t that girl just enjoy it? Most of us are looking for jobs out here she’s lucky!

In other words, Bay is secretly rejoicing that someone actually defended him, while trying to keep things under control so he can film his next piece of crap with her. Bay is at least good at making awful movies people watch. Fox is replaceable eye candy who will probably end up in the adult film business within a few years once dumb audiences figure out it’s cheaper and more convenient that way.

murphylee • on Sep 14, 2009 7:09 am

my god I hope she does!

HB • on Sep 13, 2009 4:46 pm

Michael Bay is a class act.

whatevs • on Sep 13, 2009 4:56 pm

So he realized the website theatrics backfired. But still managed to get 3 “crazy” slams into his update. Guys always call women who speak the truth “crazy.” LOL. Guess “she’s crazy like a Fox.”

belowtheliner • on Sep 13, 2009 6:05 pm

I fall into the camp that believes that Bay wrote the “crew letter to Megan” himself, and then distanced himself from it with the reply.

I only worked on the first Transformers, but I remember Megan’s stunt double, Stacey Carino, being a delight to work with; Megan, with make-up troweled on to cover troublesome acne, less so.

I’m not aware of many who have drunk the Bay Kool-Aid; being on set with him is not a day at Disneyland, unless you expect to go to Disneyland and have Uncle Walt bellow ad hominem attacks at you through a megaphone.

Jack • on Sep 13, 2009 6:07 pm

He doesn’t condone it yet he posted it on his own website? The dude wrote it. This is such a joke.

Tom • on Sep 13, 2009 6:19 pm

It’s hard to imagine the prettiest girl in the room being stuck up and otherwise acting like a princess. This never happens outside of Hollywood.

gd • on Sep 13, 2009 6:34 pm

I used to really love and respect Hollywood but it’s over now. Hollywood has jumped the shark. Why, you ask? Well, the moment we are all gushing over Fox, Bay and films such as Transformers 1 & 2 as many have been over this story the last few days is the moment we should all pack it in. I ask everyone to take a moment and think about what lows of creativity we’ve sunk to and accept.

Brian B • on Sep 13, 2009 7:39 pm

As many others have said, it looks like Bay himself wrote the anti-Fox screed that he claims three anonymous crew members wrote. It was posted on his website and reads exactly like other things Bay has written, with the same phrases and terrible grammar.

It’s really sleazy for him to attack Fox like this and then distance himself from his own slime.

Tfresca • on Sep 13, 2009 8:21 pm

Does she even matter? Does Transformers 3 lose one dime if he doesn’t use her? I don’t think so. Just recast with some other hot chick. Maybe this one can act.

BringontheStupid! • on Sep 13, 2009 8:29 pm

Who wants to bet that wild n’ wacky Michael Bay dresses up as Hitler for Megan’s first day on the Transformers 3 set?

And every time he needs to give Megan direction, he’ll probably lean into that his infamous megaphone of his and deliver her instructions via a crappy cartoon German accent.

Col. Klink will be rolling over in his grave at the injustice.

haven't yet seen transformers • on Sep 13, 2009 9:34 pm

hilarious that michael bay has a website

Anonymous • on Sep 13, 2009 9:40 pm

Megan Fox is absoultely nothing special. There’s 13 of her in every Hollywood dozen.

JJ • on Sep 13, 2009 9:46 pm

Y’all who are bashing Megan Fox (I’m not a fan, by the way) don’t know shit about Hollywood history. Megan Fox is another in a long line of Jane Russell types of varying talent who have a place in this town and always will. They never end up in porn (idiots), they usually fade out after a time, but they belong here. No dog in this fight, though, Megan Fox may very well be awful, Michael Bay definitely is, and those crew members are trying to kiss some ass and hope that word gets back to Bay just who indeed wrote that letter. But Michael Bay knows Megan Fox is a huge part of the success of those films and he’s not a total moron.

HB • on Sep 14, 2009 7:47 am

Megan Fox was plucked out of obscurity by Michael Bay. Where’s the gratitude?

She was the girlfriend of an ex 90210 star that didn’t do anything until Michael Bay hired her for the role.

He could have hired anyone for that role because Transformers was a hit before it hit the screen.

She’s just a pretty girl that can read lines. There’s tons of them out there.

PR Governess • on Sep 14, 2009 12:24 am

Yeah right, the Megan Squad is on the spin case in the comment section. Spin it away from the truth.

Westerner • on Sep 14, 2009 2:52 am

Some class from Bay – open and honest. Yeah, they clashed, yeah, they both behaved like dickheads. Who doesn’t? So I’ll let Michael get away with this. Time to move on. But Michael, one thing I will not forgive you for – Optimus’ speech on the damn dam was mine (via Comingsoon, I think). Never got the price for that.

JOW • on Sep 14, 2009 7:17 am

All Transformers 3 needs to be is: “Megan Fox against the Decepticons”. Boom, boom! I’d watch that many, many times!

file this under, not surprising hollywood irony and ass kissing. let’s face it folks, we live and work in a business that is slightly f’up and where this type of crap is de rigeur.

realtransformerscrewmember • on Sep 14, 2009 8:13 am

Nikki I cannot believe you are letting Bay slide on this. Or that any people are commenting are believing this three crew member bs. Bay wrote the original letter and he put it on his website claiming that three crew members ( a grip, a camera dept. person and a costumer) got together to write a joint letter.

First off nothing goes on Bay’s site with out his approval, now he is saying he doesn’t condone it. Bay is a liar and has no respect for any cast or crew. He has attacked people on every film he has worked on. He has a lot of issues with anger and abandonment and needs professional help so if any reader are or know a good psychiatrist this would be a great case study.

Yes Michael Bay wrote the original letter.

kittiecat • on Sep 14, 2009 9:43 am

Nikki this is the first time I ever posted. I look at your site to learn about the business; because I want to be a producer. I’m in my 20’s and a Production Assistant. I worked on Transformers in New Mexico and a few places. I don’t want to bash Megan, but she could of been a lot nicer to people. Maybe she was working hard but the other actors talk to people. She comes across in the movies as so sweet. (Maybe she should study her acting)